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PAX West Pin Quest

If you are not going to PAX West and want to purchase available pins, PBTam is once again offering their services as a Proxy:

Purchase Pins

PAX WEST 2026 Pin Set
Summit Merch - Level 3 & Arch Merch - Level 4 - $30 USD

Trash Panda & Bigfoot [Child's Play]
Child's Play Booth - Sky4 - $20 USD

Town Hall Citizen & Broc [Jackbox Games]
Jackbox Stage - Summit 4 - $15 USD

Ame & Natsuki [Serenity Forge]
Serenity Forge Booth #1225 - $15 USD

Rebounder & Bing Bong [Aggro Crab]
Aggro Crab Booth #739 - $15

Folding Faces [Folding Ideas]
Folding Ideas Table - Bandland (Level 4) - $15

SCUBA Snack [Cookie Brigade]
Cookie Brigade Booth #4347 - $18 USD

Root Underworld Portrait [Leder Games]
Leder Games Booth #4312 - $10 USD

Hello, Slumber Cat! [NIS America]
NIS America Inc. Booth #1923 - $20

Modern D4 Capibara [Q Workshop]
Q Workshop Booth #4235 - $15 USD

Halo GO Spartan [Gamers Outreach]
Gamers Outreach Booth #1325 - Make a donation of $20 that goes towards bringing play to kids in hospitals around the world

The Secret of the Weepstone [DreadXP]
DreadXP Booth #1015 - $20

Crit Like You Mean It [Lethal Shadows Premium Minis]
Lethal Shadows Booth #4056 - $18

Kira from Petal Runner [iam8bit]
Iam8bit Booth #208 - $15

Among Us Story: On Guard [Innersloth]
Innersloth Booth #717 - $15

Glow Cadavre [Kris Straub]
Kris Straub Table - Bandland (Level 4) - $20

Huge shoutout to community member Thx42, who has put together PAX West 2026 maps with the individual pin icons added directly to the map!

Timesink Pins

Limited Edition PAX WEST 2026
Summit Merch - A limited number of cards will be distributed starting at 10 am each day of the show. $16 USD(?)

Pon [CRITICAL REFLEX] Booth #633
Complete the TANUKI: Pon's Summer demo and wishlist the game on Steam

No, I'm not a Human Pale Visitor & No I'm not a Human Cat [CRITICAL REFLEX] Booth #633
Clear the "No, I'm not a Human Door IRL" Challenge and follow the CRITICAL REFLEX Steam page to obtain the No, I'm not a Human Pale Visitor or No, I'm not a Human Cat

Rain98 Reina [C#4R4CT3R] Booth #633
Complete the demo (screenshot the final screen), wishlist《Rain98》on Steam, and post feedback on Discord

The Eye of Sauron [Office Dog Games] Zulu's Board Game Cafe - Booth #4070

Free with the purchase of any Office Dog, Z-Man, or Unexpected Games title (while supplies last)

The VOIDWOOD Tree [Santa Barbara Games] Booth #733
Come play VOIDWOOD

Abigale [Laughing Dragon]
Laughing Dragon MTG Booth #3152 - Pin will be included in various events throughout the day

Songs of the Past Wolf [CD PROJEKT RED]
Attend the CD PROJEKT RED panel in the Main Theater on Sunday, September 6th at 2pm PT

**WARNING - Will be super popular, line up early. Also, the time conflicts with the Official Community Trading on Sunday

Purchase Pins You Can Get For Free*

• Town Hall Citizen & Broc - Play Jackbox games at the Jackbox stage (Summit 4) for a chance to win a Jackbox pin

• Folding Faces - Stop by the Folding Ideas table in Bandland and play a game to win a discount and a chance to get a second pin for free!

• Hello, Slumber Cat! - NIS America Inc. Booth #1923 - Complete their stamp card to get an exclusive PAX West pin and Fridge Magnet! *NIS has limited the amount of winners in the past Not a PA Pin

*Through activities, winning games

Pin information subject to change and updated

Older Pins Avaliable

• Take This Org’s Hope Booth in Bandland will have Fantastic Knicknackery’s official pinny pin for sale - Diced Fruit Pin! The cost is $20–15 goes to the original creator, 5 gets donated to Take This Org who runs the AFK Quiet Room!

• Cookie Brigade - Will have a number of previous pins, including PAX AUS 2025 Blind Bags that could include the Oi! Eat Me Cookie! pin that has a spring on the hat!

• Leder Games - Booth 4312 will have their previous Root game pins, previously only available at PAX Unplugged

• Behemoth Chonku Chonku machines - Booth #1501 - $5 each

• Atari has their Bubsy the Cat pin and the Rainbow Logo from past years

PinnyPals Trading & Meetups

Pinny Arcade Official Trading Event and Community Meetup

You can trade official pins with anyone displaying theirs on their lanyard anywhere at PAX, but here's where to do it with a bunch of like-minded people at once!

Want to stock up before the session or keep the trading vibes going? Check out either of the Merch booths for a host of options, or consult the Pin Quest for a complete list of partners at this show.

During PAX:

Day:

Friday 4th

Saturday 5th

Sunday 6th

Monday 7th

Time:

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Stay in the Loop!

Join the PinnyPal Slack or PAX Official Discord for updates, last minute changes, meetups, and trading throughout the show!

Your First Trade Starts Here!

Never traded before? Come say hi! The PinnyPals community will help you get started.

Before PAX:

Pin Trading and Board Games

Day:

Thursday 3rd

Time:

5:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Where:

Sheraton – 2nd Floor, Willow Room

Join Skelevader for a Pre-PAX Board Game Night! Bring your pins along too — there’ll be plenty of PinnyPals around for some casual trading while everyone hangs out and plays games.

From around 7–10pm, Thx42 will also be trading in the 2nd floor lobby, right outside the Willow Room — including the first chance to trade for his new community pin!

Come for the games, the trades, or just to say hi before PAX begins!

PAX West Community Survey

PAX West 2026 — We Want Your Pin Stories!

What was your favourite pin? Best timesink? Worst timesink? Did you make an amazing trade, discover a surprise pin, meet someone fantastic, or have something happen that the community needs to hear about?

The PinnyPals Gazette is putting together a community look back at PAX West 2026, and we want it to be about more than just what pins were released. We want the stories behind them.

Share as much or as little as you'd like. Your experiences will help us capture what PAX West 2026 was really like for the Pinny community.

Have photos to go with your story? You can also send them to the Gazette through Google Drive, Facebook, email or Slack

CLOSED - THANK YOU!

Gazette PAX West Coverage

PAX West 2026 —Traditions, Patience and a Little Bit of Luck

September 4–7, 2026

The PinnyPals Gazette — with Luckycharm

Photo Credit: Hacky

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